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John Mather, Nobel Prize winner for his groundbreaking observational work on the Big Bang, recently visited The University of New Mexico to share insights on the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and its early results.  The idea for a new telescope...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) allows scientists to peer 13.5 billion years into the past and photograph the origins of the universe. In the short time it has been in space, its images have changed what we know about the birth of stars, how...

It was Christmas morning in 2021 when, on behalf of 8 billion current humans, 10,000 future observers, 20,000 engineers and technicians, 100 scientists worldwide, and three space agencies, the greatest telescope ever made took off from Europe’s Spaceport...

John Mather, Nobel Prize winner for his groundbreaking observational work on the Big Bang, is set to return to the University of New Mexico next week to share insights on the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and its early results. The event promises an...

A crowd of more than 300 flooded Keller Hall recently to hear 2006 Nobel Prize winner John C. Mather speak on the James Webb Space Telescope and the principles of its operation. If all goes according to plan, said Mather, this uniquely powerful ...

The UNM Department of Physics and Astronomy hosts a lecture with 2006 Nobel Prize winner John Mather titled, “The History of the Universe, and the James Webb Space Telescope.” The event will be held on Oct. 22 at 7 p.m. at Keller Hall in the UNM ...